I happened to be home that day, taking a 'mental health day' from work.
The news that it happened broke on MSNBC (that is back in the days when it was a reasonable news station, not a propaganda branch of the White House).
Within MINUTES of the breaking news, a graphic came on explaining how it was a center fuel tank explosion and *definitely* not a missile.
The watermark on the graphic was Property of the CIA.
Wait, what?
I read it again.
Property of the CIA.
I got right up close to the television, a 46" CRT model.
Property of the CIA.
Later, I saw that same graphic repeatedly used, but NOW it said, Property of the FAA.
I knew within 10 minutes of the reporting of the plane being downed that it was an enemy missile, just by how the authorities were acting.
All one can say to that is "WOW!"